This rock encountered by NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover is an iron meteorite called “Lebanon,” similar in shape and luster to iron meteorites found on Mars by the previous generation of rovers, Spirit ...

The Mars Curiosity rover has found its first meteorite on the red planet – a hefty, shiny rock dubbed ‘Lebanon’. Made mostly of iron, the impressive meteorite is 7 feet (2 metres) wide and could help ...

Iron meteorites are remnants of the metallic cores of the earliest asteroids in our solar system. Iron meteorites contain refractory metals, such as iridium and platinum, that formed near the sun but ...

NASA's Curiosity Mars rover has found an iron meteorite called Lebanon. Courtesy: NASA Washington: In a significant finding, NASA's Mars rover Curiosity has discovered its first meteorites on the red ...

NASA’s Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity has found an iron meteorite, the first meteorite of any type ever identified on another planet. The pitted, basketball-size object is mostly made of iron and ...

When the tomb of Tutankhamun was discovered nearly 100 years ago in the Egyptian desert, the treasures found inside had an other-worldly quality to them that captured the global imagination. But new ...